Status

CHANNEL
wss://ws.kraken.com/v2
status

The status channel provides a mechanism to verify exchange status and successful initial connection.

There is no option to directly request a status update, a status will be automatically generated on successful websocket connection and when the trading engine status changes.

Update Response

Update Schema

MESSAGE BODY

channel string

Value: status

type string

Value: update

data array [

[0] status object

The status element is always the first and only item in the data payload.

system string

Possible values: [online, cancel_only, maintenance, post_only]

The status of the trading engine.

• online: Markets are operating normally - all order types may be submitted and order matching can occur.
• maintenance: Markets are offline for scheduled maintenance - new orders cannot be placed and existing orders cannot be cancelled.
• cancel_only: Orders can be cancelled but new orders cannot be placed. No order matching will occur.
• post_only: Only limit orders using the post_only option can be submitted. Orders can be cancelled. No order matching will occur.

api_version string

Value: v2

The version of the websockets API.

connection_id integer

A unique connection identifier (for debugging).

version string

The version of the websockets service.

]

Example

{
    "channel": "status",
    "data": [
        {
            "api_version": "v2",
            "connection_id": 13834774380200032777,
            "system": "online",
            "version": "2.0.0"
        }
    ],
    "type": "update"
}